The Kazansky Military District (KazVO) is an operational-strategic territorial association of the armed forces that existed at various times in the Russian Empire and in the USSR. The county office was located in Kazan .
| Kazan Military District | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | August 6, 1864 - March 30, 1918 , July 9, 1945 - May 6, 1946 |
| A country |  Russian Empire 1864-1918,  USSR 1945-1946 |
| Subordination | War Ministry of the Russian Empire People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR |
| Enters into | Ground troops |
| Type of | military district |
| Function | protection |
| Number of | Union |
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Kazan Military District in the Russian Empire
The Kazan Military District was formed by decree of August 6, 1864. It included the territories of Kazan , Perm , Vyatka , Penza , Simbirsk , Saratov , Samara and Astrakhan provinces . In 1881, its territory included the territory of the abolished Orenburg Military District . The Astrakhan, Ural and Orenburg Cossack troops were subordinate to the command of the okrug.
The composition and number of troops on the territory of the district was constantly changing, it included infantry divisions, artillery brigades, separate battalions (line, reserve, local), a large number of other parts, hospitals and warehouses. On the territory of the district acted Volsky cadet corps. The district commander in the line of the military department subordinated to Izhevsk Arms, Izhevsk Steel, Kazan Gunpowder, Sergievo-Samara Explosives, Samara Pipe Mills.
In the Russian-Japanese war in the district, the 54th, 61st and 71st infantry divisions, the Orenburg Cossack division, the Ural Cossack brigade were formed and were sent to the front. In the First World War, the 4th Army was formed in the district, a large number of individual brigades and regiments. By the beginning of 1917, the district troop strength was about 800,000 soldiers and officers.
By decree of March 30, 1918, the district was disbanded (in fact, the process of disbanding lasted until May 1918). In accordance with the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR of May 4, 1918, the territory of the former Kazan Military District was divided between two newly created districts: the Volga and Ural districts with centers in Samara and Yekaterinburg, respectively.
Command of the troops of the Kazan Military District (1864β1918)
District commanders (1864β1914)
- 1864β1865 - Adjutant General , Lt. Gen. R. I. Knorrig
- 1865 - February 4, 1867 - Lieutenant-General, (from March 27, 1866 - General of Infantry ) K. R. Semyakin
- February 21, 1867 - April 16, 1872 - Adjutant General, Lieutenant General, (from April 20, 1869 - General from Infantry) B. G. Glinka-Mavrin
- 1872 - May 25, 1882 - Lieutenant-General, (from August 30, 1873, General of Infantry) A. O. Brunner
- May 25, 1882 - August 26, 1901 - Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-General, (since May 15, 1883 - General of Infantry) G. V. Mescherinov
- September 15, 1901 - October 25, 1905 - General of Infantry A.I. Kosich
- December 7, 1905β23 September 1907 - General of Infantry I. A. Karass
- September 24, 1907 - February 7, 1912 - Lieutenant-General (from April 18, 1910 - General of Infantry) A. G. Sandetsky
- February 7, 1912 - July 19, 1914 - General of Infantry, Baron A.Ye. Zaltz - (appointed as commander of the 4th Army, but, after defeat, he returned to his former position)
- September 24 - October 18, 1914 - General of Infantry, Baron A. E. Zaltz
Chief District Officers (1914β1918)
- January 6 - August 8, 1915 - General of Infantry P. A. Geisman
- August 8, 1915 - until 1917 - General of Infantry A. G. Sandetsky ,
- March - June 1917 - General of Infantry A.Z. Myshlaevsky ,
- July - October 1917 - Colonel P.A. Korovichenko ,
- October - November 1917 - Lieutenant-General F.N. Dobryshin
- November 1917 - May 1918 - warrant officer N. E. Ershov
Kazan Military District in the USSR
In the USSR, the Kazan Military District was formed by the order of the Peopleβs Commissar of Defense of the USSR dated July 9, 1945. The territory of the district included the Kirov region , as well as the Tatar , Udmurt , Mari and Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics [1] . The district administration was formed on the basis of the field administration of the 48th Army . The district headquarters (headquarters) was stationed in Kazan.
By order of February 4, 1946, the district was reorganized into the Kazan Territorial District, troops transferred to the Volga Military District . The district was abolished on May 6, 1946, the disbanding of the administration was completed in June of this year.
Command of the Kazan Military District (1945β1946)
District Commander
- July 1945 - June 1946 - Colonel-General N. I. Gusev
County Chief of Staff
- July 1945 - June 1946 - Lieutenant-General P. I. Lyapin
Military Council Member
- July 1945 - June 1946 - Lieutenant-General N. A. Istomin
Notes
- β "K-22" - Line cruiser / [under total. ed. N.V. Ogarkova ]. - Moscow : Military Publishing House of the USSR Defense Council , 1979. - P. 30. - ( Soviet Military Encyclopedia : [in 8 tons.]; 1976-1980, vol. 4).
Literature
- Kazan Military District // "K-22" - Linear cruiser / [under total. ed. N.V. Ogarkova ]. - Moscow : Military Publishing House of the USSR Defense Ministry , 1979. - ( Soviet Military Encyclopedia : [in 8 tons.]; 1976-1980, vol. 4). - p.30
- Kazan Military District // Military Encyclopedia / P. S. Grachev . - Moscow : Military publishing house , 1995. - T. 3: "D" - "Kvartier." - p. 449. - 544 p. - 10 000 copies - ISBN 5-203-00748-9 .
- Kazan Military District // Chelyabinsk Region. Encyclopedia. Chelyabinsk: The Stone Belt, 2008.
Links
- Kazan Military District . encyclopedia.mil.ru. The appeal date is November 18, 2012. Archived November 20, 2012.
- Kazan Military District . regiment.ru. The appeal date is November 18, 2012. Archived November 20, 2012.